Language ­ Praise Song
for My Mother
Point Evidence Analysis
- Metaphor - `You were//water to - Water = survival, purity, a journey
me' (the flow)

- Adjectives - `deep' `bold' - Deep = distance: water `deep-end',
`fathoming' scared of her? Dragging her down?
- Bold = brave, not shy…

fish out of water' = cultural
displacement.
- Gills: breathing, you were my breath.
- Metaphor - `the flame tree's - Shelter?
spread' - `Flame' = heat, fire, a negative
- `the crab's leg' connotation when put together with
emotions.
- Family tree ­ `spread' bad traits
passed down?
-…